In part two of this investigation of a royal scandal from 1810, we dive deep into the witness testimonies to try and work out what really happened on the night King George III’s unpopular son, Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, is found wounded, and his page is found dead. Had the page attacked the duke? Or…. had the duke killed his page? The numerous possible scenarios and motives for the violence kept the press and public busy speculating for decades. Can we finally solve the mystery?
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Resources:
The Cheltenham Chronicle, the Caledonian Mercury, the Hull Packet, the Lancaster Gazette, Pilot, The Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, The News (London), accessed on The British Newspaper Archive.
Thomas Howell Jones print from the British Museum online collections.
A Minute Detail of the Attempt to Assassinate His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, on the Internet Archive.
Music includes:
Waltz of Treachery by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4606-waltz-of-treachery
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Sonatina in C Minor by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4393-sonatina-in-c-minor
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license